Hope Josh and Jason skate clean in the LP. They showed tonight that they belong with the big boys. I see both of them passing up some of the skaters ahead of them in the next 2 years. They are the future of US Mens skating.

Loved the backstage interviews with Tanith, and the social scene tidbits with Tonia. Sean Rabbitt sure speaks very good Japanese. His hair and William Brewster's hair are so red!

The press conference was definitely underwhelming in terms of the lack of good questions and follow-ups. There were a couple of good ones, but the reporters could sure do a better job. None of them even brought up the interesting fact of how Jeremy found out he had to rework one of his spins because it was illegal. He found out during one of the practice sessions. If that isn't worthy of a question at a press conference, I don't know what is. Surely they could have asked more and better questions of these guys. I think Ross gave a very good answer to a kind of DUH question about why he felt he was "tentative" during his program. I thought all the top guys skated well under the circumstances of the intense pressure.

I really like Josh, but I'd rather see Dornbush, Rippon and Armin above him because Josh and Jason have more time left in their skating careers and can afford to wait a bit longer before being rushed onto the World stage (unlike Maxim Kovtun of Russia, I suppose since his fed is so intent on rushing him).

Very sad for Armin. He didn't skate his best, but I think he was also a bit dumped on in the scoring. At this point, my fave podium would be Jeremy, Ross, Adam, Richard, and then Josh, Max, Jason. It'll be difficult for Armin now, but if he skates well in the fp, he should be able to pull up more.

Wait, so Yuka divides her time between Japan and USA? (It says she also coaches Takahiko Kozuka with her father.) So do she and Jason both coach Jeremy and Alissa, or does she coach Jeremy and Jason coaches Alissa?